Bernadette Peters

Cheers & Jeers: Smash — Song of Bernadette

• Mar 20, 2012 07:00 AM ET
• by Bruce Fretts

Cheers to Bernadette Peters for bringing Smash exactly what it needs: a true diva.

Ask Matt: CBS (Non) Renewals, Smash, The River, Grey's, Awake, More

• Mar 19, 2012 10:11 AM ET
• by Matt Roush

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Question: Do you think it is possible that CBS will cancel Unforgettable, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY? I really like all of them and I am hoping this won't come true. — Linda

Matt Roush: It is possible one or more of these shows won't be back in the fall... read more

Bernadette Peters on Smash, Karen's Lack of Desperation and What She'd Do on Glee

• Mar 14, 2012 05:30 PM ET
• by Denise Martin

Ivy's famous Broadway mom will make her debut in Monday's episode of Smash — much to her overshadowed daughter's dismay -- and it looks like she's also reserved tickets to opening night.

Bernadette Peters, who plays Mama Rose, er, Leigh Conroy, tells TVGuide.com that she'll return to the set of Smash next week to film the season finale. Is that because she's attending Ivy's big night as Marilyn? "I'm in the finale. I come to see my daughter, yes," Peters says, coyly. (No word on whether it's a conciliatory visit because, we suspect, Karen winds up clinching the role.)

We talked to Peters about her role on Smash, Karen's lack of desperation (shouldn't she be wanting that part a whole lot more?) and the perilous life of a theater performer... read more

On The Set: The Curtain Rises for NBC's Smash

• Feb 3, 2012 07:00 AM ET
• by Damian Holbrook

Scene: A massive converted warehouse somewhere in Brooklyn, late 2011. The lights come up on the cast of an ambitious network drama about the making of a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe as they screen the series' pilot during a catered lunch break. Once the credits roll, so do the waves of applause...

As anyone who's read the copious critical raves knows, Smash — the most faaabulous show that's not on Bravo — is all that and an orchestra seat. Produced by Steven Spielberg, created by Emmy nominee Theresa Rebeck (NYPD Blue), loaded with tunes by Hairspray Tony winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and boasting a cast so good you'd think it was on cable, this stage-door soap is either gonna be a knock-'em-dead blockbuster or one of TV's splashiest misfits.

It's risky for sure. There's a reason... read more

Bernadette Peters and Nick Jonas to Guest-Star on Smash

• Oct 6, 2011 06:03 PM ET
• by Lindsay Silberman

Broadway stalwart Bernadette Peters and Disney Channel standout Nick Jonas will guest-star on NBC's midseason musical drama Smash, the network announced Thursday.